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Marcos 4
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A parábola do semeador

(Mt 13.1-9; Lc 8.4-8)

4 Jesus voltou a ensinar à beira do lago e uma grande multidão se juntou à sua volta. Ele se sentou então num barco que estava no lago, enquanto as pessoas o escutavam da praia. 2 Jesus lhes ensinava muitas coisas mediante parábolas; ele dizia:

3 —Prestem atenção! Certo homem saiu para semear. 4 Enquanto semeava, uma parte das sementes caiu pelo caminho e foi comida pelos pássaros. 5 Outra parte caiu num terreno onde havia muitas pedras. Essas sementes brotaram rapidamente, pois a terra não era profunda. 6 O sol, porém, queimou todas as plantas e elas secaram pois não tinham raiz. 7 Outra parte das sementes caiu no meio de espinhos. Os espinhos cresceram ao redor das plantas e as sufocaram e por isso elas não deram frutos. 8 Outra parte ainda caiu em terra boa. Elas brotaram, cresceram, deram frutos e produziram trinta, sessenta e até mesmo cem vezes mais.

9 E depois disso, lhes disse:

—Aquele que pode ouvir, ouça.

Por que Jesus ensina por parábolas?

(Mt 13.10-17; Lc 8.9-10)

10 Quando Jesus ficou só, aqueles que estavam ao redor dele vieram com os doze apóstolos e lhe perguntaram sobre o significado das parábolas. 11 Jesus lhes respondeu:

—A vocês é revelado o mistério do reino de Deus. Mas, aos de fora, tudo é ensinado por meio de parábolas. 12 Dessa forma,

“eles olharão e olharão, mas não conseguirão ver;
    eles escutarão e ouvirão, mas não conseguirão entender.
Isto acontecerá para que eles não venham a arrepender-se e a
    ser perdoados de seus pecados”.(A)

Jesus explica a parábola do semeador

(Mt 13.18-23; Lc 8.11-15)

13 Jesus, então, lhes perguntou:

—Vocês não entendem esta parábola? Como, então, poderão entender as outras parábolas? 14 O semeador semeia a mensagem de Deus. 15 Algumas pessoas são como as sementes que caíram à beira do caminho. Elas ouvem a mensagem de Deus, mas logo depois Satanás vem e tira a mensagem que havia sido plantada nelas. 16 Outras pessoas são como as sementes que caíram no meio das pedras. Elas ouvem a mensagem de Deus e a recebem rapidamente e com alegria, 17 mas duram pouco, pois não têm raiz. Elas abandonam a fé assim que as dificuldades e perseguições chegam por causa da mensagem. 18 Outras pessoas são como as sementes que caíram entre os espinhos. Elas ouvem a mensagem de Deus, 19 mas as preocupações com as coisas desta vida, a ilusão das riquezas e o desejo de outras coisas chegam e sufocam a mensagem, e ela não dá frutos.[a] 20 Outras pessoas, ainda, são como as sementes que caíram em terra boa. Elas são aquelas que ouvem a mensagem de Deus, aceitam-na e produzem frutos. Umas produzem trinta, outras sessenta, e outras ainda cem vezes mais.

A necessidade de prestar atenção a Jesus

(Lc 8.16-18)

21 E Jesus continuou:

—Por acaso o lampião é colocado debaixo de uma bacia ou debaixo de uma cama? Não, ele é colocado sobre um velador. 22 Pois tudo o que está escondido virá a ser descoberto, e tudo o que está em segredo virá a ser revelado. 23 Aquele que pode ouvir, ouça.

24 Depois, Jesus lhes disse:

—Prestem muita atenção a tudo o que vocês ouvem, pois quanto mais atenção vocês tiverem, mais entendimento vocês terão[b]. E além disso, Deus ainda irá dar mais entendimento a vocês. 25 Quem tem, receberá ainda mais, mas aquele que não tem, até o que ele tem será tirado dele.

A parábola da semente

26 E Jesus continuou:

—O reino de Deus é assim: Um homem joga a semente na terra. 27 Quer ele esteja dormindo ou acordado, noite e dia, a semente brota e cresce e ele não sabe como isso acontece. 28 Pois a terra produz os grãos por si mesma. Primeiro aparece a planta, depois a espiga e depois os grãos que enchem a espiga. 29 E o homem corta a espiga assim que os grãos amadurecem, pois chegou o tempo da colheita.

A parábola da semente de mostarda

(Mt 13.31-32,34-35; Lc 13.18-19)

30 E Jesus lhes disse ainda:

—O que nós poderíamos dizer a respeito do reino de Deus? A que nós poderíamos compará-lo? 31 O reino de Deus é como uma semente de mostarda, que é a menor de todas as sementes quando é plantada na terra. 32 Depois de plantada, porém, a semente brota e a planta cresce, tornando-se a maior de todas as hortaliças. E ela produz grandes ramos a ponto de as aves dos céus poderem fazer ninhos à sua sombra.

33 Jesus lhes transmitiu a mensagem de Deus com parábolas como estas, ensinando-lhes até o ponto que podiam entender. 34 Ele somente lhes ensinava por meio de parábolas, mas quando estava sozinho com os seus discípulos, explicava tudo para eles.

Jesus acalma a tempestade

(Mt 8.23-27; Lc 8.22-25)

35 Naquele dia, quando estava anoitecendo, Jesus disse aos discípulos:

—Vamos atravessar o lago para chegar até o outro lado.

36 Então, deixando a multidão, entraram no barco onde Jesus estava e o levaram; e outros barcos o seguiram. 37 Uma ventania muito forte começou a soprar e as ondas batiam contra o barco com tal força que ele já estava quase cheio de água. 38 E Jesus estava na parte de trás do barco, dormindo sobre um travesseiro. Os discípulos o acordaram e lhe perguntaram:

—Mestre, estamos afundando! O senhor não se importa?

39 Jesus levantou-se e, depois de repreender o vento, disse para o lago:

—Pare! Fique calmo!

O vento, então, parou de soprar e tudo ficou calmo. 40 Depois, Jesus lhes disse:

—Por que vocês estão com medo? Vocês não têm fé?

41 Os discípulos, porém, sentiam muito medo, e perguntavam uns aos outros:

—Quem é este homem que até o vento e as águas lhe obedecem?

Footnotes

  1. 4.19 não dá frutos O significado destas palavras é que estas pessoas não fazem as coisas boas que Deus quer que seu povo faça.
  2. 4.24 quanto mais atenção (…) vocês terão Literalmente, “Deus medirá vocês com a mesma medida que vocês usarem para medir os outros”. Esta era uma expressão usada pelos comerciantes de cereais. Com o passar do tempo, as pessoas começaram a usar essa expressão em várias situações do dia a dia. O princípio é o da reciprocidade: a pessoa irá receber de maneira proporcional ao quanto tiver dado.
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Mark 4
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4 Again Jesus began to teach beside the lake. And a very great crowd gathered about Him, so that He got into a ship in order to sit in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the lakeside on the shore.

2 And He taught them many things in parables (illustrations or comparisons put beside truths to explain them), and in His teaching He said to them:

3 Give attention to this! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

5 Other seed [of the same kind] fell on ground full of rocks, where it had not much soil; and at once it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil;

6 And when the sun came up, it was scorched, and because it had not taken root, it withered away.

7 Other seed [of the same kind] fell among thorn plants, and the thistles grew and pressed together and utterly choked and suffocated it, and it yielded no grain.

8 And other seed [of the same kind] fell into good (well-adapted) soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing, and yielded up to thirty times as much, and sixty times as much, and even a hundred times as much as had been sown.

9 And He said, He who has ears to hear, let him be hearing [and let him [a]consider, and comprehend].

10 And as soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, with the Twelve [apostles], began to ask Him about the parables.

11 And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the mystery of the kingdom of God [that is, [b]the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly]; but for those outside [[c]of our circle] everything becomes a parable,

12 In order that they may [indeed] look and look but not see and perceive, and may hear and hear but not grasp and comprehend, [d]lest haply they should turn again, and it [[e]their willful rejection of the truth] should be forgiven them.(A)

13 And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables?

14 The sower sows the Word.

15 The ones along the path are those who have the Word sown [in their hearts], but when they hear, Satan comes at once and [by force] takes away the message which is sown in them.

16 And in the same way the ones sown upon stony ground are those who, when they hear the Word, at once receive and accept and welcome it with joy;

17 And they have no real root in themselves, and so they endure for a little while; then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word, they immediately are offended (become displeased, indignant, resentful) and they stumble and fall away.

18 And the ones sown among the thorns are others who hear the Word;

19 Then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless.

20 And those sown on the good (well-adapted) soil are the ones who hear the Word and receive and accept and welcome it and bear fruit—some thirty times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some [even] a hundred times as much.

21 And He said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under a [f]peck measure or under a bed, and not [to be put] on the lampstand?

22 [[g]Things are hidden temporarily only as a means to revelation.] For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor is anything [temporarily] kept secret except in order that it may be made known.

23 If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend.

24 And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [h][of thought and study] you give [to [i]the truth you hear] will be the measure [j][of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.

25 For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away [[k]by force],

26 And He said, The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground,

27 And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and [l]increases—he knows not how.

28 The earth produces [acting] by itself—first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

29 But when the grain is ripe and permits, immediately he [m]sends forth [the reapers] and puts in the sickle, because the harvest stands ready.

30 And He said, With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?

31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth;

32 Yet after it is sown, it grows up and becomes the greatest of all garden herbs and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air are able to make nests and dwell in its shade.

33 With many such parables [Jesus] spoke the Word to them, as they were able to hear and [n]to comprehend and understand.

34 He did not tell them anything without a parable; but privately to His disciples ([o]those who were peculiarly His own) He explained everything [fully].

35 On that same day [when] evening had come, He said to them, Let us go over to the other side [of the lake].

36 And leaving the throng, they took Him with them, [just] as He was, in the boat [in which He was sitting]. And other boats were with Him.

37 And a furious storm of wind [[p]of hurricane proportions] arose, and the waves kept beating into the boat, so that it was already becoming filled.

38 But He [Himself] was in the stern [of the boat], asleep on the [leather] cushion; and they awoke Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we are perishing?

39 And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Hush now! Be still (muzzled)! And the wind ceased ([q]sank to rest as if exhausted by its beating) and there was [immediately] a great calm ([r]a perfect peacefulness).

40 He said to them, Why are you so timid and fearful? How is it that you have no faith (no [s]firmly relying trust)?

41 And they were filled with great awe and [t]feared exceedingly and said one to another, Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey Him?

Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:9 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Mark 4:11 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  3. Mark 4:11 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Mark 4:12 A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures.
  5. Mark 4:12 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  6. Mark 4:21 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
  7. Mark 4:22 Henry Swete, The Gospel According to Saint Mark; A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures; Marvin Vincent, Word Studies; and others.
  8. Mark 4:24 W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor’s Greek New Testament.
  9. Mark 4:24 James C. Gray and George M. Adams, Bible Commentary; Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; and others.
  10. Mark 4:24 W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor’s Greek New Testament.
  11. Mark 4:25 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  12. Mark 4:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  13. Mark 4:29 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  14. Mark 4:33 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  15. Mark 4:34 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  16. Mark 4:37 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  17. Mark 4:39 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  18. Mark 4:39 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  19. Mark 4:40 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  20. Mark 4:41 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
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Mark 4
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The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)

4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables,(D) and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(E) 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”(F)

9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(G)

10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(H) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(I) everything is said in parables 12 so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
    and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”(J)

13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word.(K) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan(L) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth(M) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

A Lamp on a Stand

21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?(N) 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.(O) 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”(P)

24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(Q) 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(R)

The Parable of the Growing Seed

26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(S) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”(T)

The Parable of the Mustard Seed(U)

30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,(V) or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(W) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(X) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

Jesus Calms the Storm(Y)

35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.(Z) There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”(AA)

41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10
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